Law of the Devil

Moonlight is like water.

It was very dark today. At this moment, a bright moon hangs in the sky, and the soft and delicate moonlight is evenly distributed on this land. Under the white moonlight, it casts a bright and clean sky.

On the main road leading to the imperial capital, Du Wei and his team of carriages were driving slowly.

This trip back to the imperial capital, Du Wei specifically confessed that there is no need to hurry, but to go forward leisurely every day, as long as the time is limited, it will be fine to reach the imperial capital.

So this journey was easy and carefree. Du Wei was very affectionate to that Master Clark. The two rode on horseback, walking side by side, and chatting from time to time. When tired, Du Wei invited Master Clark to ride in his own carriage.

The Luo Lin family's carriage is of course expensive top-notch goods, high-quality wood, and fine horses. In addition, Du Wei has made a series of modifications to the inside. The thick velvet carpet is laid underneath, which makes the carriage even more comfortable when driving. Didn't feel the slightest pain.

In the carriage, fine wine and food were prepared, which gave Clark a lot of enjoyment along the way.

Clark was also on the road, reciprocated, and spent a lot of effort on the road. He built a few small wind-type magic circles on the chassis of Du Wei's carriage. Anyway, several carriages in Du Wei's team brought There is no shortage of magic materials, crystal gems and the like in the gifts given by the Magic Union back then.

The magic circle on the chassis of the carriage consumes a few high-quality magic crystals. But with this wind magic, the carriage can be automatically assisted by the wind when it runs fast. It runs faster and more stably, even supported by the wind. The weight is much lighter. It feels smooth and abnormal.

Du Wei saw that his thoughts were turning secretly in his heart, and he couldn't help asking: "Since this kind of magic circle can reduce the weight of the carriage, is there any advanced wind practice magic circle that can completely make the carriage fly?"

After hearing this, Clark pondered for a moment, and replied: "Theoretically, it is possible. But wind magic, generally speaking, relies on wind power, and the magic circle below automatically gathers wind power, but the weight of the carriage must be completely given up." The wind bears the power to let it fly, and the magic power consumption is not small. The magic power crystals and some magic gemstones are a lot. The cost is too expensive, and the level of the magic formation is also higher. It took such a big price and strength, but only produced an enclave carriage. It is not of much use, and it is too wasteful."

Du Wei nodded, without saying anything, but secretly thinking in his heart: If the carriage can be made to fly by relying solely on the magic circle, of course it would be the best. It's a pity that Clark said that simply letting a carriage fly is the best thing to do. It needs to cost an almost astronomical figure. It cannot be popularized. If it can be popularized, then even if you can't build an airplane yourself, you can still create an "air force" in this way.

Of course. From a reality point of view, this can only be fantasy.

Clark also smiled on his face, but thought to himself: After all, the child is a child, so whimsical. How much magic material will be consumed to make the carriage fly? That is to say, this child was born in a wealthy family, and recently received a large number of gifts from the Magic Union. There are so many magic crystals for this kind of boring game. How can ordinary people have such financial resources? The current magic circle that makes the carriage lighter and consumes magic power crystals. If you follow the price of the fastest updated mobile phone on the market ***Book City***, I hope you will join the support, it will already cost nearly 10,000 gold coins. Really want To make it fly, I’m afraid it can’t be done without one hundred thousand gold coins. There must be an archmage with advanced magic to arrange the magic circle, and to inject magic power all the time to supplement the consumption. It really took so much effort to get a car that will An enclave carriage, that's called flashy.

During the chat, Du Wei's most important attention was on how to get Clark's words. After all, the Magic Union has spent so much money to win him over, so there must be their intentions. Du Wei is about to enter the imperial capital, so he must first Listen carefully.

Not to mention anything else. The more Du Wei thinks about the title of "Bachelor of Magic", the more he feels it is extraordinary. The more benefits he gets, the more likely he will be unable to shirk it if people ask him for something in the future.

But after all, Clark has been in the imperial capital for many years, and he is also very cunning. Although he talks and laughs happily in his words, he doesn't reveal the slightest bit of it. Du Wei spent a lot of thought, but he couldn't come up with anything.

That night, under the moonlight, the convoy was driving slowly, and Du Wei was asking Clark for some knowledge about magic. In front, Madd came running over on horseback. He knocked on the window lightly, and whispered, "Master, there is just ahead." Giant Wood Town."

Du Wei's heart skipped a beat.

Jumu Town? This is a very memorable place for me.

When I was kicked out of the imperial capital and dispatched to the Luolin Plain, when I passed Jumu Town, I met Ruolin, Solskjaer and others in the town, and then took back these guys by force. Now return to the imperial capital, Revisited again.

Du Wei looked at the sky and said with a smile: "Okay, then we will live in Jumu Town tonight."

After the convoy entered Jumu Town, of course Made also remembered this way, and directly led the convoy to the Jumu Hotel where his group had stayed at.

Just walked to the front, but found that the original giant wooden hotel has changed its appearance, the original rotten signboard that was almost rusted has taken on a new look, the blue stone wall was also painted with white lime, and the signboard was blown by the wind at night. Swaying gently in the middle, the words written on it are no longer the Giant Wood Hotel. Instead, it has become "Adventurer's House".

Made looked strange, thinking how long it had been, why did the hotel change owners?

The door had been pushed open a long time ago, and a short and fat guy inside, probably the boss here, ran out quickly, seeing a big deal, nodded and bowed, and sent a few people from the hotel to help pull the horse .

Du Wei and Clark walked into the hotel, and saw that the place was much cleaner than when they came last time. It just seemed that the business was not very good, and there were not many people. There were no people in the spacious hall.

Those tables, chairs, and counters are all new, and it looks like some of the paint hasn't dried completely. It seems that no one usually uses them.

The chunky boss had already come up, his clothes were clean, and his eyes were full of shrewdness. Made asked him to send someone to feed the horses, and then cleared out a few clean rooms.

Du Wei looked at the several grooms and waiters who came and went in this hotel, they were all strong and strong, he couldn't help but feel moved, and frowned slightly. He glanced at Made and told him to call the short and fat boss over.

"I remember that this place was originally called the Giant Wood Hotel. I stayed here once last time, why has the owner changed now?"

The short and fat boss nodded repeatedly, and explained: "Sir, the original boss thought the business here was not good, so he simply sold the hotel."

Du Wei glanced at him: "Your accent doesn't seem to belong to Ben?"

The chubby boss smiled: "Sir, I am also from Jumu Town, but I went to the north to do business, and I only came back a few months ago.".

Du Wei nodded. Just looking at the appearance of those waiters, he frowned and said, "This small hotel of yours actually has so many subordinates. These people are all strong and strong, and they seem to have been soldiers?"

The boss nodded, with a trace of helplessness on his face: "I used to stay in the garrison in the north when I was in the north, but it was only because I was injured when rounding up some mercenary groups that smuggled monsters a few days ago. I can no longer serve the army, and then I received the resettlement fee for the retired army and returned to my hometown. These men of mine are all friends from the original army. They all suffered the same as me. They were injured, disabled, and Qingqiu Denghuo Book City is an exclusive hand-made starting army, but although the resettlement fee is quite a lot, but there will always be a day when the meal is over, I just got a business, summoned so many veterans who have been discharged from the army, everyone can have food. "

Du Wei laughed and nodded. Seeing that the boss was walking, he was a little limping, as if his legs and feet were not flexible.

And those waiters, although they are all strong and powerful, but if you look carefully, some of them are right hands, but their thumb and index finger can no longer hold the sword, and some of them even have a palm broken at the wrist. Besides, there is also a man with very long arms. He was originally an archer, but he lost one eye. He has an empty arm, but his eyesight is not good enough, so he was cleared out by the army.

Du Wei sighed, causing Madele to injure a few more gold coins. Then he went into the room to rest.

In the middle of the night, Du Wei was lying on the bed. He didn't know what was going on. Tonight, he felt a little restless, but he couldn't sleep. He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know why, so he just lay on the bed with his eyes wide open. , looking at the ceiling, thinking about his own affairs.

There was silence all around, and in the dark room, only the sound of my own heartbeat and breathing could be heard.

Just keeping his eyes open until the middle of the night, Du Wei gradually felt a little tired, turned over, and was about to fall asleep, when suddenly...

He is a magician, and he is very talented. His hearing and senses are ten times better than ordinary people. Suddenly, he heard a strange voice faintly:

Crack!

It seems to be the subtle cracking sound of old decayed wood.

Du Wei was startled by this voice, and suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness and vigilance in his heart, but this thought flashed through his mind, and he couldn't catch it for a while.

Du Wei pricked up his ears and listened for a while, but there was no more sound. He just thought it was some mouse or something. But just as he relaxed in his heart, suddenly, a sudden change occurred!

On the beam of the ceiling above the head, there was a sudden bang, and the entire beam was broken. In an instant, a bright sword energy broke through the layers of broken wood, and fell into the sky, stabbing fiercely at Du Wei who was lying on the bed. down!

This sword is fast and ruthless, it is obvious that someone with strong martial arts has gained momentum! Du Wei yelled. Fortunately, although he was born with a weak constitution, after traveling in the frozen forest for a while, he practiced the basic movements of starry sky fighting spirit every day, and his body has become much stronger. One turned over and turned sideways to avoid it.

It's just that the opponent's sword has been prepared for a long time, and it is issued by a master, how can Du Wei dodge it? As soon as he turned over, he felt severe pain in his back, a cold sword edge had already cut through the clothes and skin on his back, and blood flowed out immediately.

Du Wei broke out in cold sweat all over his body in an instant. He turned somersault onto the board under the bed, and heard a bang behind him, and the bed board was torn apart by the sword!

A black shadow jumped down from the top of the head, the whole body of this shadow was pitch black, only the long and thin sword in his hand was flickering with a cold light. Du Wei was lying on the bed, his back was in severe pain, the pain made him almost die Passed out, but at such a life-threatening time, Du Wei was shocked by the severe pain. Instead, his potential was stimulated, lying on the bed, without looking back, a fire in his hand shot at the person standing on the ruins of the bed board past.

This fire magic rushed over, and the person on the bed didn't dare to bear it, so he turned somersault out, and with a bang, the flames shot out, illuminating the dark room. Only then did Du Wei see clearly The person came, dressed in black, with his face covered, but murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand was pointed at him, and he rushed towards him again without making a sound!

Du Wei was lying on the bed, and threw himself down beside the closet in the room in fear, but the opponent's sword was already in front of him. Du Wei fumbled with both hands, but he found a long couch that was originally placed beside the bed. Last night, he took off his coat before going to bed and put it next to the bed. In his haste, Du Wei didn't care too much. He only touched a corner of the coat and threw it out.

It happened that when the Liszt family gave gifts last time, they sent a top-quality short sword. Du Wei always carried it with him. He usually wore the mage robes given by the Magic Union. But there was a belt inside, and the short sword was always inserted into the belt. At this moment, I threw it out with all my strength, and heard a slight sound of metal cracking.

Immediately, the black-clothed killer snorted, but threw his body towards Du Wei, and immediately landed on Du Wei's body.

At this moment, Du Wei almost froze the cold sweat all over his body, the opponent's body pressed heavily on his body, as if there was a piece of ice-cold sword point sticking to his body and stabbing down.

In such a situation, people suddenly lose their minds, and Du Wei's mind burst into countless thoughts:

I'm going to die today? !

That's why I was stunned for a while. But I found that the person on my body didn't move. Instead, a hot, wet thing flowed to my neck, and dripped on my body along the collar of my clothes. I smelled it in my nose. There was a pungent smell of blood.

Excited by the bloody smell, Du Wei regained his composure. He pushed hard on the man on his body, only to find that the man on his body was already dead, with a dagger stuck in his chest, which he just threw out in a hurry. .The dagger just pierced the opponent's heart!

At this time, there was also a loud noise outside. But I heard the sound of ping-pong-pong fighting, and some people were screaming and groaning. In the dark night, not knowing what was going on outside, Du Wei gritted his teeth and pushed away the dead body , Pulled out his dagger from the man's body with his backhand, but saw a ray of magic light flashing on the dagger.

At this time, the door of the room was knocked open with a bang, and then I saw Clark rushing in from the outside. Clark was also disheveled and disheveled. When he came in, he saw Du Wei was covered in blood. Standing with the dagger in his hand, he was relieved, and hurriedly shouted: "There is a killer, I will protect you and leave!"

After speaking, he came up to hold Du Wei and was about to go out. Du Wei had calmed down now, but he threw Clark away and said in a low voice, "You can't go out! The other party must be prepared!"

Just as he was talking, he heard the screams of Luo Lin's cavalry guards coming from outside, and someone dying shouted: "Back in! They have bows and crossbows!"

Then I heard the sound of breaking through the air, and I don't know how many killers fired crossbows in the darkness, and I heard the sound of dense snatching from the walls and wooden boards outside.

Clark had a fierce look on his face, the muscles on his face twitched, and he chanted a spell quickly, then opened his arms, and a wave of magic power came from him, and then Clark raised his finger and swiped in the air. He made an opening, and then a cloud of black air floated out from the crack, and quickly condensed into a human shape.

But it is a necromancer warrior whose whole body is pitch black and shrouded in black air!

Du Wei's heart skipped a beat. It turned out that this Clark practiced dark magic! This intermediate dark summoning technique summoned a dead warrior.

Clark snorted and waved his hand, and the necromancer rushed out of the door.

In the corridor, seven or eight killers had already surrounded them in the darkness. Most of the cavalrymen of Luo Lin's family lived downstairs. Although there were two cavalrymen staying on the night watch in the corridor upstairs, they were already killed by the killers. The killer guarded the stairs, but rushed towards Du Wei's room. They had bows and crossbows in their hands. This kind of thing is a murderous weapon at night. They guarded the stairs, and the rest of them had already rushed to Du Wei's room. At the door, he suddenly saw a black shadow rushing out of it.

These killers have also been trained strictly, although they were shocked, their hands did not stop, there was a swipe, and there were a few sounds of piercing the air, someone had already fired a bow and crossbow towards the necromancer warrior. It was just the body of the necromancer warrior. It is not a real body, the crossbow arrows shot at his body, but passed through his body, unable to cause any harm to him. In such a short time, the necromancer warrior has already raised a black long sword and rushed into the crowd of killers , a sword pierced the body of a killer who was the exclusive first starter in Lantern Book City. The killer immediately screamed, and a cloud of black air emerged from the side where he was stabbed, and this cloud of black air quickly spread to the whole body, like a black cloud Like a flame, a person is burnt clean in an instant, not even a scum is left.

The other killers recognized it very well, and they all shouted: "This is a necromantic creature, use fighting spirit!"

After finishing speaking, in the darkness, the weapons in the hands of several killers burst out with stronger or weaker grudges at the same time! Being able to display fighting spirit. That is at least the level of a third-level samurai or above!

The necromantic warriors had no consciousness, only relying on the killing instinct left in their lives, and they were not afraid of these grudges, so they stood up and rushed forward, holding a long sword with black magic flames in their hands, and soon wounded two killers. The sword pierced his body with fighting spirit, and the necromancer let out a roar, and the black flame on his body suddenly dimmed a bit.

There was a scream, and another killer was killed, but the necromancer's body was pierced several times by the fighting spirit of the killers, and finally he shook his body, the black flames all over his body dissipated, and then disappeared immediately.

Just this time, almost half of the killers in the corridor were killed or injured, and they could no longer stop the guard cavalry of Luo Lin's family rushing up from the stairs below. Seeing that things were going badly, the leading killer shouted: "Back!"

Everyone retreated towards the end of the corridor immediately, there was a window there, raised their hand and punched the window, and jumped down.

Clark rushed out behind him, grinning grinningly, "Can you run away!"

Before he finished speaking, he pointed his finger, and another crack appeared in the air. This time, two necromancer warriors flashed out of the crack. He raised the long sword burning with the black flame of death, and rushed towards the fleeing killers. past.

The last two killers didn't have time to run away. They rushed between each other, their bodies burned to death in the black flames.

But the leader jumped out of the window.

Although Clark's magic is weird, he summoned three undead warriors in one breath, and his magic power was almost exhausted. He swayed and retreated quickly. He is a magician, and after his magic power is exhausted, he has almost no self-protection ability .

Several guard cavalrymen from Luo Lin's family had already rushed up, and immediately someone rushed towards the window at the end of the corridor, but just as they reached the door, they heard a scream, and a cavalryman who rushed to the window fell on his back. A crossbow arrow pierced the face. Obviously, the other party still has someone outside to respond.

The rest of the cavalry didn't dare to chase any more, they just rushed into Du Wei's room and firmly protected Du Wei.

Du Wei was seriously injured. Although the sword behind him didn't hit the vital point directly, the opponent's fighting spirit was not weak. The fighting spirit damaged the surrounding muscles, and half of his body was almost unable to move.

The subordinates hurriedly found the wound medicine and put it on Du Wei. Clark strengthened his energy and cast another healing magic. Watching Du Wei's injury slowly healed under the magic light, Clark's face was already pale, so he sat down. He fell on the ground, gasping for breath.

The cavalry searched the entire hotel carefully. Where is the figure of the chunky boss and his waiter?

Du Wei sat on the chair with a pale face. Looking back on the scene just now, life and death were really close at hand, and he couldn't help but secretly startled.

snort! What a ruthless method!

That chunky boss and those waiters are indeed killers in disguise! In order not to make themselves suspicious, these people are willing to self-mutilate themselves, cut off their hands or fingers, and pretend to be disabled veterans to deceive themselves! With such ruthless intentions and decisive means, people can't help but change their colors! !

The panic had settled down, and the cavalry guards of Luo Lin's family searched the entire inn upside down, but found several corpses in a cellar, which were the original owner and waiter of the inn.

Du Wei sighed, his face gloomy.

It seems that the other party had planned that he would pass here, deliberately set up this ambush, killed the original people in the hotel, pretended to be the boss and the waiter, and then set up this trick to assassinate himself! ! Even those killers with extraordinary skills are willing to self-mutilate their bodies to disguise their identities for this task...

Who is it?

I am just a child of a small nobleman, even if there is one more apprentice of Gandolf now, and he is recruited by the Magic Union, it will not be possible for someone to assassinate him before he arrives in the imperial capital?

Temple?

Probably not. Although I traded with the devil and took in Hussein, the most wanted criminal on the mainland, none of these things were exposed. The temple should not target me. Moreover, if the temple wants to deal with itself, it must I will not use this kind of assassination method. As long as I expose my secret, I can hunt and kill myself openly.

So, who did you offend?

At this moment, the cavalry under his command brought over the body of the killer who died in Du Wei's room, and examined it carefully, only to find that it was an inn waiter with a broken hand. He had taken off his clothes and had no clues on his body. thing.

However, an experienced veteran from the Luo Lin family raised a skepticism:

The opponent uses a bow and crossbow. This kind of hand-held crossbow is easy to carry and has great lethality. But the cost of equipment is very high. Even in those large mercenary regiments, it is difficult to get a few, and often only the leader Only a talented person can carry a self-defense. Even the private army of the rich and nobles rarely have equipment.

"Only..." The experienced cavalryman hesitated to speak up to this point, as if he was afraid to speak.

Du Wei snorted: "Only what? Say it!"

Only then did the cavalry muster up his courage, and he gritted his teeth and said, "On the Roland Continent, only the main force of the military's regular regiment has the ability to unify this kind of weapon."

After a pause, the cavalryman's face was also very ugly, and he said in a low voice: "Master, there are a few killers we killed just now, and the bows and crossbows left behind, I have checked them, and there are stamps on them, which are the symbols of ordnance. No matter where these killers come from, there is no doubt that these bows and crossbows are ordnance handed down from the army!"

Du Wei was expressionless: "Could those steel seals be fake? You can't read it wrong?"

The cavalryman nodded: "No! I used to serve in the army with the Earl, and then returned to the Luolin Plain, and then transferred to the family's private army. I have seen those bows and crossbows before, and I will definitely not mistake them. land."

This seasoned cavalry's words made Du Wei fall into deep thought...

The military... the military? ! .